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BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 16,549
Pos Before/After:: 2/4
Opp Before/After:: 10/8
Referee:
Season:: 1953-54

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Doncaster Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1962 (of 4835)
League Tier 2:: 1137 (of 2418)
Competitive:: 2157 (of 5529)
Total:: 3303 (of 7273)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Form: WDWDWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:
Form: LWLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	William Farmer
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Sid Thompson
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Nov 14, 1953)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Nottingham Forest
Brentford	1	0	Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Swansea City
Bury	4	4	Leeds United
Derby County	1	2	Luton Town
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Birmingham City
Everton	2	2	Fulham
Hull City	1	2	Stoke City
Lincoln City	4	3	Rotherham United
Notts County	1	1	Leicester City
Oldham Athletic	3	1	West Ham United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Leicester City	17	9	6	2	37	22	6	2	1	22	9	3	4	1	15	13	15	24	DWWWWL
	2	Nottingham Forest	17	10	3	4	41	24	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	4	6	12	17	23	WWDWDW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	17	11	1	5	30	18	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	4	16	14	12	23	LLWWWL
	4	Everton	17	9	5	3	35	25	5	1	1	18	10	4	4	2	17	15	10	23	LLDWLW
	5	Birmingham City	17	8	5	4	39	21	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	18	21	DWDWWD
	6	Rotherham United	18	10	1	7	32	30	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	4	14	17	2	21	WWWLLL
	7	West Ham United	17	8	3	6	34	25	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	4	7	18	9	19	LLLWLW
	8	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	27	20	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	6	5	16	7	18	WLDLWL
	9	Leeds United	17	6	6	5	38	33	5	3	1	25	13	1	3	4	13	20	5	18	DDLWDW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	6	4	29	26	3	4	0	16	8	3	2	4	13	18	3	18	WLWLDD
	11	Bristol Rovers	17	5	7	5	36	29	3	3	2	15	10	2	4	3	21	19	7	17	WDDLDD
	12	Stoke City	18	4	9	5	29	29	3	5	1	19	13	1	4	4	10	16	0	17	DWLWLL
	13	Luton Town	17	5	7	5	28	28	4	4	2	17	12	1	3	3	11	16	0	17	LWWWDD
	14	Derby County	16	6	4	6	30	32	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	5	12	22	-2	16	WLWLLL
	15	Swansea Town	17	6	3	8	24	32	5	2	2	16	9	1	1	6	8	23	-8	15	DWDWLW
	16	Fulham	17	5	4	8	34	38	3	2	4	20	19	2	2	4	14	19	-4	14	WWLLWW
	17	Hull City	17	6	1	10	19	26	5	0	2	12	5	1	1	8	7	21	-7	13	LLWLWW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	17	2	9	6	22	31	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	5	5	16	-9	13	DWLDLD
	19	Brentford	17	4	5	8	16	34	3	2	3	8	14	1	3	5	8	20	-18	13	WWWLDD
	20	Notts County	17	4	3	10	20	41	2	0	5	8	15	2	3	5	12	26	-21	11	LLLDWW
	21	Oldham Athletic	17	3	4	10	15	31	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	8	8	24	-16	10	LLLLWL
	22	Bury	17	2	6	9	18	38	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	6	3	20	-20	10	LLLLLL

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Doncaster Rovers	18	12	1	5	33	19	7	1	1	17	5	5	0	4	16	14	14	25	LWWWLW
	2	Leicester City	18	9	7	2	38	23	6	2	1	22	9	3	5	1	16	14	15	25	WWWWLD
	3	Everton	18	9	6	3	37	27	5	2	1	20	12	4	4	2	17	15	10	24	LDWLWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	18	10	3	5	41	26	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	5	6	14	15	23	WDWDWL
	5	Birmingham City	18	8	5	5	40	24	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	4	12	15	16	21	WDWWDL
	6	Rotherham United	19	10	1	8	35	34	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	5	17	21	1	21	WWLLLL
	7	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	31	23	7	2	0	26	7	1	2	6	5	16	8	20	LDLWLW
	8	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	6	4	31	26	4	4	0	18	8	3	2	4	13	18	5	20	LWLDDW
	9	West Ham United	18	8	3	7	35	28	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	5	8	21	7	19	LLWLWL
	10	Leeds United	18	6	7	5	42	37	5	3	1	25	13	1	4	4	17	24	5	19	DLWDWD
	11	Luton Town	18	6	7	5	30	29	4	4	2	17	12	2	3	3	13	17	1	19	WWWDDW
	12	Stoke City	19	5	9	5	31	30	3	5	1	19	13	2	4	4	12	17	1	19	WLWLLW
	13	Bristol Rovers	18	5	7	6	36	30	3	3	3	15	11	2	4	3	21	19	6	17	DDLDDL
	14	Swansea Town	18	7	3	8	25	32	5	2	2	16	9	2	1	6	9	23	-7	17	WDWLWW
	15	Derby County	17	6	4	7	31	34	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	5	12	22	-3	16	LWLLLL
	16	Fulham	18	5	5	8	36	40	3	2	4	20	19	2	3	4	16	21	-4	15	WLLWWD
	17	Brentford	18	5	5	8	17	34	4	2	3	9	14	1	3	5	8	20	-17	15	WWLDDW
	18	Hull City	18	6	1	11	20	28	5	0	3	13	7	1	1	8	7	21	-8	13	LWLWWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	18	2	9	7	22	32	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	6	5	17	-10	13	WLDLDL
	20	Oldham Athletic	18	4	4	10	18	32	4	3	2	10	8	0	1	8	8	24	-14	12	LLLWLW
	21	Notts County	18	4	4	10	21	42	2	1	5	9	16	2	3	5	12	26	-21	12	LLDWWD
	22	Bury	18	2	7	9	22	42	2	4	3	19	22	0	3	6	3	20	-20	11	LLLLLD